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100 Moms and Counting in For My Baby and Me Program
In 2017, Capital Health asked Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton to partner with them to help create a ground-breaking program to help pregnant women and new mothers recover from addiction. The collaboration includes several other partners to ensure that every need of these women is …
The future is “fantastic,” thanks to addiction recovery – and a lot of love
Sometimes, it seems like life dumps all its sorrows on you at once. For Roland Wright, tragedy first hit when his mother died in 2003. Not long after, the county placed his baby daughter in foster care. And soon after that, his house caught fire. …
Single mother defies pandemic problems to create a safe home for her family
Kristina Holt was already having a tough time before the COVID-19 outbreak. A single mother of four children, Kristina moved into a new apartment early last year with plans to split household costs with a roommate. But the roommate quit paying her share, and Kristina …
Catholic Charities hosts COVID-19 vaccine clinic
Nurses and volunteers from the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey stopped by our Linkages program in Tinton Falls this week to administer COVID-19 vaccines to the families, staff and volunteers there, as well as other members of the community.
The outreach was part of an …
Anonymous Santas surprise families in need at Linkages with $12,000 gift
Usually when people see Stacey DePoe coming with papers in her hands, they might wince or even tiptoe the other way.
“They’re like: ‘Ughhh, what paperwork do I need to fill out now?!’” said DePoe, director of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton’s Linkages program, which provides transitional …
Leaving homelessness behind, a young father builds a safe home
Bilaal was just a teenager when his life went off the rails. He joined a gang and found himself in and out of prison and using drugs. For eight years, he struggled.
“I was always into something,” he said.
By his mid-20s, he knew he needed to …
Young father rejects homelessness to build a better life for his son
For a long time, Daiquan Davis’s house in Trenton had been a safe haven. He lived there since he was in elementary school with his mother, grandmother, uncle, and his three younger brothers.
But after his mother and grandmother passed away, the home fell into disrepair. …
State gives Catholic Charities funding to prevent homelessness in Ocean County
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton recently received two grants, totaling almost $460,000, to prevent homelessness in Ocean County.
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs gave Catholic Charities’ Community Services the grants to provide temporary rent and utility assistance to individuals and families who are either …
Catholic Charities and others gear up for annual homelessness count
Next week, advocates for New Jersey’s homeless population – including a team from Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton – will hit the streets to count a demographic whose whereabouts can seem as hard to pin down as the Loch Ness Monster’s.
The federal government requires people …